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(24 Jan 1996) Russian/Nat

Hundreds of angry Russian miners have picketed Moscow's White House - saying they haven't been paid since October.

They are now threatening to stage a crippling coal strike unless they get their back pay.

The miners protesting in Moscow accuse Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin of betraying their earlier promises to pay them more promptly.

They angrily banged their hard hats to get their message across - and warn they'll strike unless their demands are met.

The miners feel personally betrayed by their president.

SOUNDBITE: (Russian)

We once supported Yeltsin but has betrayed us, maybe something will change but its a fact that Yeltsin won't succeed. That's without a doubt.
SUPER CAPTION: Russian Miner

The miners took the opportunity to deliver a broadside against Prime Minister Chernomyrdin's "Our Home is Russia" party which took a hammering in the recent parliamentary elections.

SOUNDBITE:

We don't need that kind of Russia, why do they have such a title 'Our Home is Russia'? It's not their home anymore. They've discarded us. The Communists have won and they'll win again because people remember the way things were and they know the way they've become.

SUPER CAPTION: Russian Miner

Like many Russian industrial workers the look back to the "good old days" of the Soviet Union.

They may not have been paid much then - but at least they usually got their money on time.

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